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11-letter words containing a, y, o

  • cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
  • carousingly — in a carousing manner
  • carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
  • carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
  • cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • casey jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
  • castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
  • catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
  • cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
  • chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
  • chao phraya — a river in N Thailand, rising in the N highlands and flowing south to the Gulf of Thailand. Length: (including the headstreams Nan and Ping) 1200 km (750 miles)
  • chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
  • cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
  • cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
  • chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
  • chirography — handwriting; penmanship
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
  • chorography — the technique of mapping regions
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
  • chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
  • chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
  • chrysocracy — a form of government by the rich
  • chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
  • chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
  • chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
  • chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
  • circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
  • cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
  • clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
  • clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
  • clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
  • climatology — the study of climate
  • cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
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